A photonic switch based on a gigantic, reversible optical nonlinearity of liquefying gallium

作者: P. J. Bennett , S. Dhanjal , P. Petropoulos , D. J. Richardson , N. I. Zheludev

DOI: 10.1063/1.122282

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摘要: Liquefying gallium shows a huge reversible optical nonlinearity which is compatible with waveguide technology and promises to be breakthrough in broadband, light-by-light modulation at milliwatt operating power levels frequency band spanning up several hundred kilohertz.

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